tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post1114979602647290449..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: A Bleak Song for a Bleak TimeBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-49310717650186231962016-07-10T13:10:51.266-04:002016-07-10T13:10:51.266-04:00Armalite was the company founded by Gene Stoner an...Armalite was the company founded by Gene Stoner and funded by Fairchild. They produced a number of designs - all designated by the AR-XX construct - not all of which were the AR-15/M-16/M-4 design we see today. Included, for example, was the ingenious AR-7 takedown survival rifle - an amazing, inexpensive design that is nothing like the ARs.<br /><br />The Provisional IRA favored the AR-18 that was produced in the UK after Armalite sold the manufacturing license. It was similar in many ways to the AR-15, but was build much more cheaply, to much looser tolerances, which made it less accurate but more reliable. Interestingly, the AR-18 eschewed the number one most disparaged feature of the AR-15/M-16 design - rather than using the direct impingement gas system that can cause fouling and jamming, it uses the more traditional gas piston system.<br /><br />The more you know...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-11218513504087334442016-07-10T11:57:45.046-04:002016-07-10T11:57:45.046-04:00I love a man in uniform.
~<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izVFZG26hNY" rel="nofollow">I love a man in uniform</a>.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-41324740564033610402016-07-10T11:53:54.337-04:002016-07-10T11:53:54.337-04:00You slay me.You slay me.ButchPansynoreply@blogger.com